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Community made addons

Hello fellow Quake Live community members!

In this community news we bring you some of the most useful links you can find in our forum all bunched together in a single post. This way you can get to know what useful stuff our community has made thus far. All community made addons are unofficial and not supported by id Software.

Quake Live strafe jump troubleshooting video tutorial byJ0ZThis video tutorial is probably one of the most important publication for anyone new to the game. Not only it explains strafing in written word, it also shows you a video demonstration and what keystrokes are made during the jump.

Also inside this thread you will find a link to a map made by RAZ3R called raztrainql_beta3, which is a map combining all the jumps you find in Quake Live maps (example: Campgrounds bridge-to-rail jump and many, many more. ... )

So be sure to jump into the thread and learn all about it. But be warned! This might actually increase your skill!!!

Ultimate Quake Live guide byYakumoThis guide can help you with most of the questions you have about Quake Live and its settings, to properly setup your quake experience the way you want it. You can choose from the following topics:

Quake Live duel guidebyking_LETS GO PRO! ... but wait! Before you starting buying your pro accounts and playing with top players like Cooller. First you need to read this guide about the aspects of dueling in Quake Live.

This guide has an extended info about dueling on every skill level, so remember! ... low skill level knowledge is important and needed for the next higher level of skill, so be sure not to skip ahead, except if your name is stermy or cypher.

Basic Timing GuidebyMemento_Mori
This timing guide is one of the best guides published. It takes you deep inside into a PRO quaker mind and shows you a very important part of dueling -TIMING! But don't get scared away, this guide can help you understand the basic and the advanced skill of timing, so there is something to learn for everyone.

Namad's item timing practice pageby namadAgain namad surprised us with a little useful tool that help us time item spawns. This is a very useful tool to train yourself in the way of the math, since one important aspect of quake is to time your items!

It's really simple, a generator is popping up random times and you have to answer with a correct number, when will the next spawn be. It then tells you if you have entered a correct time. The addon also shows you your average time spent needed to calculate for the next item spawn.

Visual HUD builderbynamadThis addon is one of the most used addons for quakelive. Namad just made it EZ mode for everyone who would like to modify or make a new HUD. This addon has already reproduce 8745 custom huds. (according to the site).

The addon is very simple to use. It uses drag and drop functions for items that you would like on your HUD in combination with various variables like opacity, size and so on. Also you have the important function like aligning HUD elements which has proven to be very useful.

Namad has also provided a help section with video tutorials to help you understand the process of building a HUD. You can also check the update log for bug fixes or if something new was added to this marvelous creation.

Quake Live - Demo toolsby+EDNow this is the most useful thing a man invented after hot water and the wheel. For all demo freaks and movie makers out there, once you start using it, you wont be able to live with out it.

Quake Live demo tools is a small set of tools for managing, editing and viewing Quake Live demos. It has features like:

keeps your demos organized.

pause, fastforward, superfastforward and allows you to jump next or to previous demo.

edit your demo -cut out everything you dislike.

view chat from the demo without actually running the demo.

+ more settings and variables to play with.

Quake Live Demo PlayerbypeolanQuake Live Demo Player has proven to be very usefull if you have a need to list and queue your wast numbers of demos on the site, without going in your demo folder.

It also has search function and an ability to make a playlist of your demos, again, everything is done thru the Quake Live webpage.

So make yourself a popcorn sit down with your loved ones and watch and enjoy the awesomeness of your frags.

New alternative server browser bywn andsponge For those who are not yet familiar with this community made addon -alternative server browser shows a list of servers instead of default thumbnail pictures for servers.

With this addon it is easier to overview and to track your favorite servers because of the special filter this addon has. But wait there is more! This addon also has functions like:

Of course, follow this link where you can read all about how it works and what you need to do, to properly install this addon. Also you can drop in and post a thanks to the authors.

Complete console commands listby TheMuffinMan86, Lorfa, g0vn0rDid it ever happen to you, when you had to set a command in the console and you just could not remember the name? "No, i know everything." Well for those who do not know everything, here is a list of all current commands with explanations. This could help you with those pesky cvars you never knew what they were all about.

Quake Live Configuration Analyzerby djcanardWhen all you want to do is play Quake Live in perfect conditions, yet you know you have done something to your config that is cramping your style and is bugging you ever since. Well, look no further, because this nifty tool can analyze your current config and gives hints about how to optimize it. The result of using this tool is getting rid of unknown cvar values; unparsable/unkown commands; duplicate commands and so on. ...

So go visit the thread and post what else would you like to see get implemented, so you can quake easier.

Defrag maps... we say: "Jump!" ...you say: "How high?!" For all defragers and quakers who want to get known in the ways of the defrag, here is a way to test your unverified skills:

Quake Live Recording Guide v2by BoxxyBabeeThis is a guide that will help you understand the basics of movie capturing in Quake Live. This way you will be able to share your finest frag moments with the rest of the community.

WolfcamQLby brugalandWolfcamQL guideby KittenIgnitionIf you are searching for how to further improve your Quake Live movies, then here is the place you will find a tool you can use to further advance your movie making with awesome screen positioning, easier visual customization, freecaming and so on. Thanks to KittenIgnition and his guide you will be able to get to know the potential of WolfcamQL.

Visit these threads
... and post a thanks or maybe even a suggestion on how to improve an addon or a guide. These are only a few links to the useful stuff you can find in our forum so be sure to check for more.

And ultimately a big "Thank you!" to all the authors and everyone who is helping to expand this community by sharing their Quake Live knowledge.